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تَلاعُب
manipulation /taˈlaː.ʕub/
nounB1#2589 most common
Also: tampering, trickery, rigging
Example sentences
هذا تلاعبٌ.
This is manipulation.
اكتشفنا تلاعباً في الحساب.
We discovered manipulation in the account.
يُحقق البنك في تلاعبٍ مالي كبير.
The bank is investigating major financial manipulation.
اتُّهم الموظف بالتلاعب في السجلات لإخفاء الأخطاء.
The employee was accused of tampering with the records to hide mistakes.
كشف التقرير عن تلاعباتٍ منهجية في نتائج الانتخابات أثارت غضب الشارع.
The report revealed systematic manipulations in the election results that angered the public.
على الرغم من التحقيقات المتكررة، ظل التلاعب بالأسعار في السوق السوداء يستعصي على الرقابة الحكومية رغم القوانين الصارمة.
Despite repeated investigations, price manipulation in the black market kept evading government oversight, even under strict laws.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تلاعبٌ | تلاعباتٌ |
| Genitive | تلاعبٍ | تلاعباتٍ |
| Accusative | تلاعباً | تلاعباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تلاعبُ | يا تلاعباتُ |
Word family
لَعِبَto play
لاعبplayer
لُعبةtoy, game
ملعبplayground, stadium
متلاعبmanipulator, one who tampers
Etymology
تلاعب is the verbal noun of تلاعَبَ, a Form VI verb built on the triliteral root ل-ع-ب, which carries the basic sense of playing. Form VI in Arabic typically adds a reciprocal or feigned quality to an action, so تلاعب shifts from plain play to playing with something in a dishonest or manipulative way, such as toying with facts, numbers, or rules. This is a native Semitic derivation, not a borrowing.
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